Laurent Binet

HHhH

This stunning and complex debut novel, winner of the 2010 Prix Goncourt, centers on the real-life plot to assassinate the “Butcher of Prague.”

Richard Pierce

Dead Men

Obsession threads throughout this debut novel centered on the doomed Terra Nova Expedition.

Bonnie Jo Campbell

Once Upon a River

Armed with wilderness skills and no self-pity, a young girl sets out on an epic river journey to find her mother.

By Peter Prange

The Philosopher’s Kiss: A Novel

A rollicking tale set in pre-Revolution France explores the dangers of desire.

Geraldine Brooks

Caleb’s Crossing

An imagined friendship of faith and love draws on the true story of a Wampanoag from Martha’s Vineyard who became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard.

Amanda Hodgkinson

22 Britannia Road

This novel which follows a Polish family in its journey of survival during and after World War II undoubtedly will be compared to William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice.

Dieter Schlesak

The Druggist of Auschwitz: A Documentary Novel

In this documentary novel Dieter Schlesak exposes Nazi pharmacist Victor Capesius and the monstrous perversion of his profession.

Ann McLaughlin

A Trial In Summer

While framed by legal proceedings against a 1930s union organizer, the “trial” in this thought-provoking novel is a young woman’s struggle to define herself and her future.